Rod Speed ha escrito:

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Electronic CRT chassis are so flimsy that if you take the chassis out the plastic wont support the
CRT.

Doesnt need to, the CRT is the guts of the system everything is attached to.

.....You haven't repaired many of the later CRT sets then have you?

So progress is both good and bad.
Not much bad with electronics.

Rubbish. Take a look at a repair shop dealing with any mass produced,
mid- to low- priced electronic item (which seem to make up the bulk of
sales) and you'll typically see : electrolytics failed in TVs and set
top boxes/decoders due to proximity to heat, (or just poor or poorly
rated components), transistors failing due to skimping on metal heat
sinks, vcrs with plastic parts breaking, mobile phones and mp3 players
with defective jacks and buttons etc etc.
What we have are many more features than before. and at cheaper price,
and often in smaller machines so there is progress in that sense, but
build quality and longevity are WELL down, coincidentally along with
parts support and repairability, which means more failure, more
landfill material.
As I mentioned earlier , I don't think it is planned obsolescence, just
a desire for increased sales and profits (which any business aspires
to) and a lack of regard for the environment, playing on the ignorance
of consumers about the REAL cost of all this replace not repair
mentality.

-B.